User`s manual

16 Asanté IntraCore 36000 Series
Chapter 1: Introduction
This switch provides a broad range of features for Layer 2 switching. It includes a management agent that
allows you to configure the features listed in this manual. The default configuration can be used for most of
the features provided by this switch. You can also configure the switch to maximize the network
performance.
Feature Description
Configuration Backup and Restore Backup to TFTP server
Authentication
Console, Telnet, web – User name / password, RADIUS, TACACS+
Web – HTTPS; Telnet – SSH
SNMP – Community strings, IP address filtering
Port – IEEE 802.1x, MAC address filtering
Access Control Lists Supports up to 32 IP or MAC ACLs
DHCP Client Supported
DHCP Server Supported
Port Configuration Speed, duplex mode and flow control
Rate Limiting Input and output rate limiting per port
Port Mirroring One or more ports mirrored to single analysis port
Port Trunking
Supports up to 6 trunks using either static or dynamic trunking
(LACP)
Broadcast Storm Control Supported
Static Address Up to 16K MAC addresses in the forwarding table
IEEE 802.1D Bridge Supports dynamic data switching and addresses learning
Store-and-Forward Switching
Supported to ensure wire-speed switching while eliminating bad
frames
Spanning Tree Protocol
Supports standard STP, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), and
Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (MSTP)
Virtual LANs
Up to 255 using IEEE 802.1Q, port-based, protocol-based, or private
VLANs
Traffic Prioritization
Default port priority, traffic class map, queue scheduling, IP
Precedence, or Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), and
TCP/UDP Port
IP Routing
Routing Information Protocol (RIP), Open Shortest Path First
(OSPF), static routes
ARP Static and dynamic address configuration, proxy ARP
Multicast Filtering Supports IGMP snooping and query
Multicast Routing Supports DVMRP and PIM-DM
1.1 Description of Software Features
The switch provides a wide range of advanced performance enhancing features. Some of the management
features are briefly described below.
Configuration Backup and Restore – Save the current configuration settings to a file on a TFTP server,
and later download this file to restore the switch configuration settings.